Solar leads at 15.4 GW but high demand of 59.1 GW requires 15.1 GW net imports alongside substantial coal generation.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 35%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 17%
65%
Renewable share
7.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
15.4 GW
Solar
44.0 GW
Total generation
15.1 GW
Net import
120.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
19.0% / 356.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
251
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 15.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle rolling farmland, angled toward a low western sun; brown coal 7.3 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with heavy white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky, flanked by lignite conveyor belts and excavation terraces; onshore wind 6.8 GW appears as a line of tall three-blade turbines on a distant ridge behind the solar fields, blades turning lazily in moderate breeze; natural gas 4.3 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT power plants with slim exhaust stacks emitting thin transparent heat shimmer, positioned left of centre; hard coal 4.0 GW sits beside the brown coal complex as a rectangular industrial building with a single large smokestack releasing a grey plume; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a modest wood-clad plant with a short stack and small steam wisp near the wind turbines; hydro 2.0 GW is a small concrete dam and spillway visible in a valley at far left; offshore wind 0.4 GW is barely hinted at as tiny turbine silhouettes on the distant northern horizon. The time is 18:00 in early July — the sun is still well above the western horizon but descending, casting long warm golden-orange light across the entire landscape, with deep amber shadows stretching eastward. The sky is mostly clear with only 19% cloud cover — a few scattered high cirrus clouds catching pink and gold light. Summer vegetation is lush, deep green fields and deciduous trees in full leaf, temperature of 24.8°C conveyed through a slight heat haze over the solar panels. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price — a faint yellowish industrial haze hangs near the coal plants. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, luminous golden-hour colour palette, meticulous engineering detail on all infrastructure — turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors on lattice towers, PV panel grid patterns, cooling tower parabolic curves with reinforced concrete ribs, CCGT exhaust geometry. The painting balances industrial sublime with pastoral beauty. No text, no labels.